GAME 3 RECAP
Impact player
Maya Moore, Lynx
She scored 23 points to lead her team in scoring for the fifth time in seven playoff games.
Turning point
A 13-2 run in the third quarter that put the Lynx up by 16 with 3:20 left in the quarter
by the numbers
5 Number of Lynx starters in double figures, for the second straight game.
2 Number of teams, since the league went to a best-of-five finals format, who have gone through the playoffs undefeated. Seattle did it in 2010.
130 Career rebounds for Rebbekah Brunson in the finals, a league record. Brunson had a double-double Thursday.
28.5 Shooting percentage in the series for Atlanta star Angel McCoughtry.
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